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. 2026 Jul 17;15:e99714. doi: 10.2196/99714

Table 2.

Study measures.

Measures Scale or description
Primary outcomes

Acceptability System Usability Scale, Client Satisfaction Questionnaire, and exit interviews

Feasibility Retention rate ≥85% at 6-month follow-up, number of responses to SMS text messages, and number of HCa sessions completed

ARTb adherence Visual analog scale, 4-week percent of doses taken, and DBSc for HIV viral load (viral suppression defined as <200 copies/mL)

Substance use ASSISTd and AUDIT-Ce
Secondary outcomes

IMBf constructs-information Knowledge of HIV transmission risk and ART knowledge

IMB constructs-motivation Behavioral intentions and attitudes toward risk behaviors

IMB constructs-behavioral skills Perceived efficacy as a proxy measure of behavior skills

STIg Syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia

Sexual risk Timeline followback: sexual behaviors in the past 30 days
Secondary and exploratory—contextual factors

Mental health Brief Symptom Inventory

Social support Social Provision Scale

HIV stigma Shortened version of the Berger Stigma Scale

aHC: Healthy Choices.

bART: antiretroviral therapy.

cDBS: dried blood spot.

dASSIST: Alcohol, Smoking, and Substance Involvement Screening Test.

eAUDIT-C: Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test–Consumption.

fIMB: information-motivation-behavioral skills.

gSTI: sexually transmitted infection.